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Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking
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Network Working Group J. Dunn
Request for Comments: 3133 C. Martin
Category: Informational ANC, Inc.
June 2001
Terminology for Frame Relay Benchmarking
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo discusses and defines terms associated with performance
benchmarking tests and the results of these tests in the context of
frame relay switching devices.
I. Background
1. Introduction
This document provides terminology for Frame Relay switching devices.
It extends terminology already defined for benchmarking network
interconnect devices in RFCs 1242, 1944 and 2285. Although some of
the definitions in this memo may be applicable to a broader group of
network interconnect devices, the primary focus of the terminology in
this memo is on Frame Relay Signaling.
This memo contains two major sections: Background and Definitions.
The background section provides the reader with an overview of the
technology and IETF formalisms. The definitions section is split
into two sub-sections. The formal definitions sub-section is
provided as a courtesy to the reader. The measurement definitions
sub-section contains performance metrics with inherent units.
The BMWG produces two major classes of documents: Benchmarking
Terminology documents and Benchmarking Methodology documents. The
Terminology documents present the benchmarks and other related terms.
The Methodology documents define the procedures required to collect
the benchmarks cited in the corresponding Terminology documents.
Dunn & Martin Informational